diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index b68d0f3..7a0b9aa 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ The `examples/` directory has a few demo bots to show how to use the module.
 - *ramenkan*: a bot that serves ramen. It has some custom config settings and
   scheduled tasks.
 
-- *hachi*: a bot inspired by tracery text expansion. Loads files ("foils")
-  containing selection tables and creates handlers to return responses, one
-  service code per foil.
+- *hachi* and *gordon*: bots inspired by tracery text expansion. Loads files
+  ("foils") containing selection tables and creates handlers to return
+  responses, one service code per foil.
 
 
 ## Running a bot as a background process
diff --git a/examples/gordon/commands/borgar.lua b/examples/gordon/commands/borgar.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36a1ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gordon/commands/borgar.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+grammar = {
+  meat_set = {
+    "360 Burger with a large patty, tomatos, cheddar and onions in a Dijon mustard sauce",
+    "Bada Boom cheeseburger with a juicy steak, cheddar, onions and tomatos",
+    "Bag Baguette featuring two patties and Emmental cheese in a long crusty baguette",
+    "BagFirst Kitchen Ranch Ketchup burger with a spicy chicken patty in a cheddar ranch ketchup sauce",
+    "BB Cola burger with sausage, sweet peppers and Comté cheese with barbecue sauce",
+    "Beast Bacon Onion burger",
+    "Bigga Bag quadruple-patty burger",
+    "Gourmand Classic Chicago burger with two thick patties in a sweet and smoky BBQ sauce",
+    "Dig Tasty with a big steak, Emmental cheese in a smoky sauce",
+    "Double Cheese Docks with double patties, slices of bacon, cheddar and carmelised onions",
+    "Fermidable burger with a lightly grilled patty and stuffed with cheese",
+    "Krilled Cheese and Bacon burger",
+    "Itty Bitty Italian cheeseburger mozzarella, tomatos and fresh herbs",
+    "Louisiana Ligature with double patties, bacon and cheddar, spiced up with a Louisiana sauce",
+    "Masterly Seasoned Ceasar classic burger with 2 steaks, bacon and extra salad",
+    "Pollo Loco with a chicken patty and mild avocado sauce",
+    "Pong Bacon burger with double patties and double cheese",
+    "Rippled Cheese Bacon burger with thrice the cheddar, grilled bacon and ketchup",
+    "Sausage Hopper with jalapeños and salsa",
+    "Stoked Pepper Stash Burger with tomatos, cornichons, bacon and pepper sauce",
+    "Super Bacon burger",
+    "Vast Veggie burger with a veggie patty and Emmental cheese",
+  },
+  veggie_set = {
+    "Veggie Thing overflowing with a spicy sauce",
+  },
+  meat_side = {
+    "chicken fries",
+    "house fries with a mayonnaise dip",
+  },
+  veggie_side = {
+    "chips deluged with potato sauce",
+    "onion rings",
+  },
+  dessert = {
+    "chocolate and hazelnut pie",
+    "lemon pie",
+    "set of 3 petit pancakes topped with hazelnut cocoa or strawberry cream",
+  },
+  origin = {
+    "Here, have a #meat_set#!",
+    "Here, have a #veggie_set#!",
+    "Here, have a #meat_set#, served with a side of #meat_side#!",
+    "Here, have a #meat_set#, served with a side of #veggie_side#!",
+    "Here, have a #veggie_set#, served with a side of #veggie_side#!",
+    "Here, have a #meat_set#, served with a #dessert#!",
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/gordon/commands/cofe.lua b/examples/gordon/commands/cofe.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e23d7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gordon/commands/cofe.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+-- See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coffee_drinks
+grammar = {
+  coffee = {
+    "black coffee",
+    "café allongé",
+    "café au lait",
+    "café cortado",
+    "café crema",
+    "café cubano",
+    "café miel",
+    "caffè americano",
+    "caffè corretto",
+    "cappuccino",
+    "caramel macchiato",
+    "Columbian coffee",
+    "doppio",
+    "egg coffee",
+    "espresso",
+    "espresso romano",
+    "frappuccino",
+    "iced cappuccino",
+    "iced mocha",
+    "Indian filter coffee",
+    "Irish coffee",
+    "Kona coffee",
+    "kopi tubruk",
+    "Kurdish coffee",
+    "latte macchiato",
+    "marocchino",
+    "pocillo",
+    "ristretto",
+    "Turkish coffee",
+  },
+  origin = {
+    "Here's your cup of #coffee#!"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/gordon/commands/pie.lua b/examples/gordon/commands/pie.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2ba3df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gordon/commands/pie.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+grammar = {
+  origin = {
+    "Here's your lemon pie!"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/gordon/folia.lua b/examples/gordon/folia.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d99af35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gordon/folia.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+local util = require("itteutil")
+
+-- Default settings
+local folia = {
+  foils_dir = "",
+  debug = false,
+}
+
+
+util.docs.get_foils = [[  (directory_str)
+  Given the full path to a directory of foils, return the foil contents as a
+  table.
+  ]]
+function folia.get_foils(str)
+  local foil_list_str = io.popen("ls " .. str)
+  local foils = {}
+  if foil_list_str then
+    local foil_list = util.split_str(foil_list_str:read("*a"))
+    for i = 1, #foil_list do
+      local key = string.gsub(foil_list[i], ".lua", "")
+      local func, err = loadfile(str .. "/" .. foil_list[i])
+      if func then
+        func()
+        foils[key] = grammar
+      end
+    end
+    -- Unset global variables
+    func = nil
+    grammar = nil
+  end
+  return foils
+end
+
+
+util.docs.output = [[  (key_str)
+  Given a foil name or foils table key, output a random expanded string.
+  ]]
+function folia.output(key)
+  local foils = folia.get_foils(folia.foils_dir)
+  if table.concat(util.table_keys(foils), "") == "" then
+    util.debug("output", "Error: cannot retrieve foils." ..
+      " Please make sure the full directory path is correct.", folia.debug)
+    do return end
+  elseif not util.has_key(foils, key) then
+    util.debug("output", "Error: the key `" .. key ..
+      "` is not in the foils table.", folia.debug)
+    do return end
+  elseif not util.has_key(foils[key], "origin") then
+    util.debug("output", "Error: no origin found in the foil.", folia.debug)
+    do return end
+  elseif foils[key]["origin"] == {} then
+    util.debug("output", "Error: empty origin.", folia.debug)
+    do return end
+  end
+
+  local output_str = util.pick(foils[key]["origin"])[1]
+  local pattern = "#(%w+)#"
+  util.debug("output", "level 1: " .. output_str, folia.debug)
+  -- Check for expansion objects and replace them until none are found
+  while string.find(output_str, pattern) ~= nil do
+    local hash = output_str:sub(string.find(output_str, pattern))
+    local obj = hash:sub(2, #hash - 1)
+    -- Check the object key is in the foil grammar, and replace one instance
+    -- at a time.
+    if util.has_key(foils[key], obj) then
+      local expand_str = util.pick(foils[key][obj])[1]
+      output_str = string.gsub(output_str, hash, expand_str, 1)
+      util.debug("output", "level n: " .. output_str, folia.debug)
+    -- If the object key is not in the grammar, replace references with a
+    -- placeholder.
+    else
+      output_str = string.gsub(output_str, hash, "[" .. obj .. "]")
+    end
+  end
+  return output_str
+end
+
+
+return folia
diff --git a/examples/gordon/gordon.config.lua b/examples/gordon/gordon.config.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..014f4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gordon/gordon.config.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+local irc = require("itte")
+local folia = require("folia")
+
+itte_config = {
+  debug = false,
+  messages = {
+    help = "Casa's Kitchen commands: {{codes}}",
+    quit = "Machef under maintenance.",
+    reload = "Config reloaded.",
+  },
+}
+
+itte_handlers = {}
+
+folia.foils_dir = arg[0] .. "/commands"
+
+
+local gordon = {}
+
+
+-- Show help message
+function itte_handlers.botland(cxt, msg)
+  irc._h.help(cxt, msg)
+end
+
+
+-- Create handlers for each foil
+function gordon.generate_handlers(handlers, foils_dir)
+  local foils = folia.get_foils(foils_dir)
+  for key, foil in pairs(foils) do
+    handlers[key] = function (cxt, msg)
+      irc.message(cxt, { msg.reply_to }, folia.output(key))
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+
+gordon.generate_handlers(itte_handlers, folia.foils_dir)
diff --git a/examples/gordon/gordon.lua b/examples/gordon/gordon.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d5784e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gordon/gordon.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+local gordon = require("itte")
+gordon.confs.prefix = "gordon"
+
+gordon.run()
diff --git a/examples/gordon/gordon.service b/examples/gordon/gordon.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3e69d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gordon/gordon.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=gordon — a vending machine IRC bot
+
+[Service]
+WorkingDirectory=%h/bin/itte/examples/gordon
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/lua ./gordon.lua
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=300
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target